As the world leads we follow.

Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness.

Poverty with joy isn't poverty at all. The poor man is not one who has little, but one who hankers after more.

Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.

The path of precept is long, that of example short and effectual.

If wisdom were offered me with the proviso that I should keep it shut up and refrain from declaring it, I should refuse. There's no delight in owning anything unshared.

The way is long if one follows precepts, but short... if one follows patterns.